Otters’ DeBrincat settles for tying OHL-record goals streak

Alex DeBrincat’s goal-scoring streak was going to end sooner or later. Yet, no one expected it in a seven-goal game.

“That doesn’t happen very often, when you get that many goals and Alex is not part of it,” Erie Otters coach Kris Knoblauch said after a 7-0 win against Peterborough on Sunday that featured seven goal scorers not named DeBrincat.

DeBrincat settled for setting the franchise record of scoring in 19 straight games, and sharing the OHL record with Mike Ricci, who set the mark with Peterborough in 1988-89. He also extended his career-best points streak to 24 consecutive games. He needs points in the final three regular-season games to match former linemate Connor McDavid’s franchise record of 27 games in 2014-15.

“It’s pretty cool to do,” DeBrincat said of the goals streak. “It would be a lot tougher to take if we lost the game.”

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